1.   Solve c = -3 + 5 + (-5) + 8.
    A. -8 B. 5
    C. -5 D. 0
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  2.   The Carpenter family earns $30,000 a year after taxes. In their budget $8000 is needed for housing, $8000 for food, $4000 towards clothing, and the rest toward miscellaneous expenses. In the circle graph of this data, which two categories total 60%?
    A. clothing and miscellaneous B. clothing and housing
    C. food and housing D. housing and miscellaneous
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  3.   Write the number 4.5 × 10-6 in standard form.
    A. 0.0000045 B. 0.045
    C. 0.0045 D. 0.00045
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  4.   Solve the equation
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  5.   A guy wire is attached to the top of a telephone pole and goes to the ground 8 feet from the base. When Jim stands under the guy wire so that his head touches it, he is 3 feet from where the wire goes into the ground. If Jim is 6 feet tall, how tall is the telephone pole?
    A. 16 feet B. 12 feet
    C. 20 feet D. 24 feet
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  6.   Find a number that when squared equals 484.
    A. 22 only B. -22 only
    C. None of these is correct D. 22 or -22
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  7.   Rotate P(2, -9) 180° about the origin and identify P'.
    A. (-2, 9) B. (9, 2)
    C. (2, -9) D. (-9, 2)
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  8.   How many vertices does a cube have?
    A. 10 B. 6
    C. 8 D. 4
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  9.   How many different 3-card hands can be dealt from a standard deck of 52 cards?
    A. 265,200 B. 132,600
    C. 22,100 D. 11,050
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  10.   Solve 2x + 17 = 21.
    A. 19 B. 2
    C. 38 D. 8
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  11.   The data are ages of children in months. Find the median age.
   
    A. 18 months B. 11 months
    C. 12 months D. 14 months
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  12.   A and D are corresponding angles of similar triangles. Find the value of x if mA = 45°and mD = 0.25x – 3.75.
    A. x = 170 B. x = 180
    C. x = 195 D. x = 165
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  13.   Name the multiplicative inverse of 5.
    A. -5 B.
    C. - D. 1
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  14.   Express 2.75% as a decimal.
    A. 0.275 B. 0.0275
    C. 2.75 D. 275
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  15.   Evaluate a – b + 2 if a = -7 and b = 5.
    A. 4 B. -10
    C. 10 D. -4
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  16.   Solve h + = -.
   
    A. - B. -
    C. D.
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  17.   Triangle ABC DEF. Each side of ABC is 1 times longer than the corresponding sides of DEF. If the perimeter of ABC is 36 centimeters, what is the perimeter of DEF?
   
    A. 12 centimeters B. 54 centimeters
    C. 24 centimeters D. 18 centimeters
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  18.   Estimate 72 out of 143 as a percent.
    A. 50% B. 65%
    C. 60% D. 40%
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  19.   Find the sum of 5.5 meters, 5.27 meters, 6.4 meters, and 4.325 meters using the correct precision.
    A. 21.5 meters B. 21.50 meters
    C. 21 meters D. 21.495 meters
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  20.   Use the Distributive Property to rewrite 7(x + 6).
    A. 7x + 42 B. 7x + 6
    C. 7x + 13 D. x + 42
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